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Brown/Olive brown with bright orange head
Northwest River Park in Virginia
You can see clearly one tick behind his left arm, and another one behind his left leg
Spotted on May 9, 2015
Submitted on Aug 13, 2015
2 Comments
Oh ! I see thank you !
This is either a five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) or southeastern five-lined skink (Plestiodon inexpectatus). You can tell this isn't a broadhead skink by zooming in and counting the number of upper labial scales. But from these photos, you cannot tell which of the two five-lined skinks it is, so leaving it at genus level is best. Here is a link with a diagram showing where the upper labial scales are so you can count them for yourself, http://dusttracks.com/2012/04/19/plestio...